Last Wednesday, the House passed the Protecting Our Kids Act 223 to 204. Two Democrats — Jared Golden (ME-02) and Kurt Schrader (OR-05)— voted against it. Five Republicans voted for it: Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-01), Anthony Gonzalez (OH-16), Chris Jacobs (NY-27), Kinzinger (IL-16), and Fred Upton (MI-06). …

On Wednesday (5/4), the US Senate began formal debate on a bill to pay for $52 billion in semiconductor chips manufacturing subsidies and boost US economic competitiveness with China. The debate became an opportunity for senators to file a series of non-binding motions to instruct the bill’s negotiators to take…

This past week, the US House debated and voted on the COMPETES (America Creating Opportunities for Manufacturing, Pre-Eminence in Technology and Economic Strength) Act, a bill focused on economic and geopolitical competition with China, subsidizing the US semiconductor industry (among others) and ratcheting up military activities in the Indo-Pacific region. …

Yesterday, the US House debated amendments to the COMPETES (America Creating Opportunities for Manufacturing, Pre-Eminence in Technology and Economic Strength) Act, a bill focused on economic and geopolitical competition with China, subsidizing the US semiconductor industry (amogn others) and ratcheting up military activities in the Indo-Pacific region. Congressional Progressive Caucus…

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) is the federal government’s auditing arm, responsible for provides auditing, evaluation, and investigative services for Congress and rooting out waste, fraud, and abuse. The GAO has the power to conduct oversight of all federal agencies. But it can’t do that well if the agencies don’t…

Since 2015, Saudi Arabia, with US backing, has had an all-assault on Yemen after Houthi rebels took over the government. The result has been a humanitarian catastrophe, with the UN detailing horrific levels of suffering: In December 2020, it reported that the conflict had caused an estimated 233,000 deaths, including…

Earlier today, the US House voted 363 to 70 in favor of the almost $770 billion National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for FY 2022 after the House and Senate came to an agreement on final language. Note that this is $25 billion more than what Biden asked for (which itself…

On Thursday, the House passed the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022. The bloated $768 billion authorization increases topline funding levels by five percent relative to the FY 2021 authorization, despite the US’s withdrawal from Afghanistan and the Biden administration’s promises to curtail endless war. The vote was…

After an 11:52 am 50–49 party line vote on a motion to proceed Tuesday morning to consideration of a budget resolution that could lead to a much-needed expansion of the social safety net, the Senate kicked off what is called a “vote-a-rama,” a marathon of amendment voting in which senators…